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Selkirk


Selkirk


Selkirk may refer to:

People

  • Alexander Selkirk, Scottish castaway who formed the basis for the novel Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
  • Selkirk (surname), surname origin, and list of people with the surname
  • Earl of Selkirk, a title in the Peerage of Scotland
  • James Douglas-Hamilton, Baron Selkirk of Douglas, Scottish politician and Life Peer, briefly 11th Earl of Selkirk
  • Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk, Scottish philanthropist who sponsored immigrant settlements in Canada

Places

  • Selkirk Mountains, in British Columbia, Canada, the Idaho panhandle, and far eastern Washington State, United States

Canada

  • Selkirk, Manitoba
  • Selkirk (federal electoral district), a federal riding in Manitoba
  • Selkirk (provincial electoral district), in Manitoba
  • Selkirk, Ontario
  • Fort Selkirk, Yukon

Chile

  • Alejandro Selkirk Island, in the Juan Fernández Archipelago, Valparaíso Region, Chile

Scotland

  • Selkirk, Scottish Borders, Scotland
  • Selkirk (Parliament of Scotland constituency)
  • Selkirkshire, Scotland

United States

  • Selkirk, Kansas, an unincorporated community
  • Selkirk, Missouri, a ghost town
  • Selkirk, New York, an unincorporated hamlet in the town of Bethlehem

Animals

  • Selkirk (horse), (1988–2013), a North American-bred, thoroughbred racehorse
  • Selkirk Rex, a breed of cat which named from Selkirk Mountains

Education

  • Selkirk College, a community college in British Columbia
  • Selkirk Secondary School, a high school in Kimberley, British Columbia

Sports

  • Selkirk F.C., a football club
  • Selkirk RFC, a rugby club
  • Winnipeg Selkirks, a former ice hockey team from Winnipeg, Canada, see List of ice hockey teams in Manitoba

Transportation

  • Selkirk (sternwheeler 1895)
  • HMS Selkirk (J18)
  • Selkirk hurdle, a freight train route in New York
  • Selkirk locomotive, a type of steam locomotive

Other uses

  • Selkirk Communications, a defunct Canadian radio and television broadcasting company
  • Selkirk Grace commonly recited before a Burns supper
  • Selkirk transmitting station, near Selkirk, Scotland
  • The animated movie 7 Sea Pirates, also known as "Selkirk, el verdadero Robinson Crusoe"

Text submitted to CC-BY-SA license. Source: Selkirk by Wikipedia (Historical)


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